What Flying in a Wind Tunnel Reveals About Birds
Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find ...
Bird migration is peaking in DC – but light pollution puts them at risk. Here's how to help
Large numbers of birds are expected to fly over the D.C. area for their fall migration this week, and they are at risk from ...
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What Is The World’s Tallest Flying Bird?
When it comes to tall birds, your mind probably jumps to the ostrich – or maybe the magnificent chonk that is Pesto the king ...
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Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate
Inspired by a classic movie, conservationists are teaching endangered Northern Bald Ibises to fly south for the winter ...
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Audubon presentation-How Birds Move and Fly
Naturalist and author David Lukas will talk about "Under the Surface with Bird Bones and Skeletons" at the Wednesday, Oct. 16 gathering of the Central Sierra Audubon Society at the Tuolumne County ...
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Millions of Birds Are Flying Over DC. Here’s How You Can Keep Them Safe.
BirdCast—a migration forecasting tool operated by Colorado State University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology—tracked a ...
5 Famous Bird Strike Incidents From Throughout Aviation History
Eastern Airlines Flight 375 (registration N5533) took off from Boston Logan on October 4, 1960, only to be struck by birds ...
The Longest-Migrating Bird Flies 45,000 Miles Each Year—Here’s How It Does It
This arctic flyer, despite its unassuming size, migrates longer than any other animal, spending its life at the two poles of ...
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How Far Can Cranes Fly?
But migration isn’t without its risks. It’s one of the most dangerous times for cranes, as they face threats from predators, ...
Major bird migration ‘pulse’ coming to NYC — much to the excitement of bird watchers
Between 90,000 and 230,000 migrating birds are killed from striking into buildings every year, according to NYC Bird Alliance ...
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Birds on the move: Here’s how you can help them stay safe during migration
As the weather gets chillier, birds are migrating, many crossing New Hampshire on their path to warmer climates.
Avian enthusiasts try to counter the deadly risk of Chicago high-rises for migrating birds
Last fall, 1,000 migrating birds died on a single night after flying into the glass exterior of McCormick Place, a convention ...